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<h1>Doffer</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Doff"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Dog</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dog</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>docga</ets>; akin to D. <ets>dog</ets> mastiff, Dan. <ets>dogge</ets>, Sw. <ets>dogg</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A quadruped of the genus <spn>Canis</spn>, esp. the domestic dog (<spn>C. familiaris</spn>).</def> <note>The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.)</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.</def>

<blockquote>What is thy servant, which is but a <b>dog</b>, that he should do this great thing? <i> 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. )</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; <as>as, a sly <ex>dog</ex>; a lazy <ex>dog</ex>.</as></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>One of the two constellations, <i>Canis Major</i> and <i>Canis Minor</i>, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. <i>Canis Major</i> contains the Dog Star (Sirius).</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Dog</i> is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in the sense of <i>relating to</i>, <i>or characteristic of</i>, <i>a dog</i>. It is also used to denote a <i>male</i>; as, <i>dog</i> fox or <i>g</i>-fox, a male fox; <i>dog</i> otter or <i>dog</i>-otter, <i>dog</i> wolf, etc.; -- also to denote a <i>thing of cheap or mean quality</i>; as, <i>dog</i> Latin.</note>

<cs><col>A dead dog</col>, <cd>a thing of no use or value. <i>1 Sam. xxiv. 14</i>.</cd> -- <col>A dog in the manger</col>, <cd>an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him.</cd> -- <col>Dog ape</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a male ape.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Dog cabbage</col>, &or; <col>Dog's cabbage</col></mcol> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a succulent herb, native to the Mediterranean region (<spn>Thelygonum Cynocrambe</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Dog cheap</col>, <cd>very cheap. See under <er>Cheap</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Dog ear</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>an acroterium.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>Dog flea</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a species of flea (<spn>Pulex canis</spn>) which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In America it is the common flea. See <er>Flea</er>, and <er>Aphaniptera</er>.</cd> -- <col>Dog grass</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a grass (<spn>Triticum caninum</spn>) of the same genus as wheat.</cd> -- <col>Dog Latin</col>, <cd>barbarous Latin; as, the <i>dog Latin<i> of pharmacy.</cd> -- <col>Dog lichen</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of lichen (<spn>Peltigera canina</spn>) growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous veins beneath.</cd> -- <col>Dog louse</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a louse that infests the dog, esp. <spn>H\'91matopinus piliferus</spn>; another species is <spn>Trichodectes latus</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Dog power</col>, <cd>a machine operated by the weight of a dog traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for churning.</cd> -- <col>Dog salmon</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a salmon of northwest America and northern Asia; -- the <altname>gorbuscha</altname>; -- called also <altname>holia</altname>, and <altname>hone</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Dog shark</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Dogfish</er>.</cd> -- <col>Dog's meat</col>, <cd>meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal.</cd> -- <col>Dog Star</col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Dog wheat</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>Dog grass.</cd> -- <col>Dog whelk</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any species of univalve shells of the family <spn>Nassid\'91</spn>, esp. the <spn>Nassa reticulata</spn> of England.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To give, &or; throw</col>, <col>to the dogs</col></mcol>, <cd>to throw away as useless.</cd> "<i>Throw</i> physic <i>to the dogs</i>; I'll none of it." <i>Shak</i>. -- <col>To go to the dogs</col>, <cd>to go to ruin; to be ruined.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Dog</h1> <Xpage=442>

<hw>Dog</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dogged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dogging</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.</def>

<blockquote>I have been pursued, <b>dogged</b>, and waylaid. <i> Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Your sins will <b>dog</b> you, pursue you. <i>Burroughs.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to, <b>dogging</b> him from place to place, till they even extort an answer to their rude requests. <i> South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dogal</h1> <Xpage=442>

<hw>Do"gal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>dogalis</ets> for <ets>ducalis</ets>. See <er>Doge</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a doge.</def><mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Dogate</h1> <Xpage=442>

<hw>Do"gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dogat</ets>, It. <ets>dogato</ets>. See <er>Doge</er>, and cf. <er>Dogeate</er>.]</ety> <def>The office or dignity of a doge.</def>

<h1>Dogbane</h1> <Xpage=442>

<hw>Dog"bane`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Said to be poisonous to dogs. Cf. <er>Apocynaceous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.</def>

<h1>Dog bee</h1> <Xpage=442>

<hw>Dog" bee`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A male or drone bee.</def>